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theoretically more justifiable in such an instance, how do we deal with other situations of killing? How do we justify killing wh...

first time Kant introduced the notion of the human mind as a creator of experience instead of merely a passive recipient (Immanuel...

In five pages a case study involving whether or not to have a baby or have an abortion is examined in an application of the theori...

all that man can know, as well for the conduct of his life as for the preservation of his health and the discovery of all the arts...

acquainted with the roots of their philosophical knowledge when, one might surmise, it came to postulating the myriad circumstance...

are told, when will others in the same position known if they are being told the truth, or will they assume the worse, harming hum...

his position by specifying that only a certain kind of agent can qualify as a moral agent, and thus subject to the ascriptions of...

contends that Humes definition of "cause" (using reason to infer existence), as "a bastard of the imagination, impregnated by expe...

In six pages this paper examines how knowledge theories are philosophically conceptualized by Kant, Hume, Spinoza, and Descartes. ...

moral philosophy. It is important to understand that Kant makes a clear distinction between perceiving and thinking, which he cre...

way the world actually exists. This became the central premise of the body of theories that were described as Kants Copernican Re...

In 5 pages this paper examines the Enlightenment contributions made by Kant regarding morality concepts, Wollstonecraft regarding ...

ethical relativism is to examine the wide and varying societal rules that bind one to ones cultural existence. Indeed, it is impo...

In five pages this paper examines the concept of 'political moralist' and how it does not apply to Kant's philosophical ideas rega...

In six pages this paper contrasts and compares the philosophical perspectives of Mill and Kant in terms of the similarities and di...

In six pages 7 student posed questions regarding how these philosophers interpret morality and ethics are answered. Four sources ...

In six pages this paper discusses how Plato's Euthyphro would be received by Hume and Kant in a consideration of family duty, love...

always considered as an end in himself" (35). In other words, this man would ultimately be persuaded not to take his own life by ...

In four pages this paper analyzes the 2 prefaces' argument and their necessity. Two sources are cited in the bibliography....

In ten pages this paper discusses the rights and virtue theories as well as utilitarianism, cost benefit analysis, ethics, solutio...

de La Mettrie - Mental Activity In "Man a Machine" (1748), de La Mettrie says: "Let us start out then to discover not...

In seven pages this paper analyzes the views of these philosophers as they relate to the death penalty. Six sources are cited in ...

In six pages this paper discusses crime and punishment in a fictitious dialogue between Kant, Hobbes, and Plato. Three sources ar...

In five pages this paper examines the individual rights' differences in opinion between Aristotle and Kant and considers how Kant ...

In six pages this research paper defines morality within the context of Kant's philosophy and also considers supreme morality's va...

In five pages the issue of causality and its nature regarding human existence understanding are examined from the philosophical pe...

how one determines the parameters of moral law is what he refers to as the "categorical imperative." It offers a valuable framewo...

exceeds any individual persons comprehension. Transcendence then exceeds all human capacity. This concept is not foreign to the re...

but when exampled it becomes clear. For instance, one ought to respect human life. If one respects the life of another, then they ...

perceive it or try to measure it. Zebrowski (1994) remarks that Kant "denied the reality of passing time" (p.80). For Kant, both ...